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E. BARNARD.

HORSE BOOT.

No. 285,552. Patented Sept. 25, 1883.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

EDWARD BARNARD, OF ROME, NEV YORK.

HORSE- BOOT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters atent No. 285,552, dated September25, 1883.

Application filed August 10, 1883. (N o model.)

.T0 all whom, it 717/6141/ concern:

Beit known that I, EDWARD BAENARD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Rome, in the county of Oneida and State of New York, haveinvented a new and useful Horse- Boot, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to quarter-boots for horses; and it consists incertain improvements in the construction of the same, whereby when theboot is placed in position it will adjust itself to any width of heel orquarter or any height of quarter a horse may have, thereby preventingthe boot from turning or creeping up behind, or becoming otherwisedisplaced from its proper position.

In the drawings hereto annexed, Figure l is a perspective view of myimproved horseboot part of the same having been broken away for thepurpose of better showing the construction. Fig. 2 is a longitudinalvertical sectional view of the same, and Fig. 3 is avertical transversesectional view on the line x v in Fig. 2,

l The same letters refer to the same parts in all the gures.

A in the drawings designates the body of the horse-boot, which may be ofany suitable well-known construction. It is provided at the front withstraps and buckles B C, by means of which it may be secured in positionupon the hoof of the horse.

D is an angular plate or stiffener, made of metal, wood, hard rubber, orany-other suitable material. This plate or block is secured by means ofa flexible hinge-strap, E, to the inner rear side of the body A of theboot by means of rivets or in any other suitable manner. Riveted orotherwise attached to the rear side of the hinge-strap is a toe-strap,F, which passes around the inside of the boot and out through slots nearthe edges of the same, one of its ends being equipped with abuckle, bymeans'of lwhich it may be fastened upon the hoof of the animal.

The operation and advantages of this invention will be readilyunderstood. It is simple, convenient, and efficient for the purposes setforth.

I claim as my invention and desire to secure. by Letters Patent of theUnited States* As an improvement in horse-boots, the combination of asuitably-constructed body, an angular stiffener connected to the innerrear side of the same -by means of a flexible hinge-strap, and atoe-strap secured to the hinge-strap, passing around the inside of theboot, out through slots near the edges of the same, and having one endequipped with a buckle, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

y EDWARD BARNARD.

Witnesses:

WM. B. DowNING, JOSEPH WILLIAMs.

